My first proper post nicely combines two topics: gadgets and cats! The Loc8tor is described as a personal tracking device for locating valuables, pets, and children.
Each “thing” you want to track needs a tag, in this case a cat (called Millie, a.k.a Mildred, a.k.a. ‘Drid):
As you can see the tags are pretty small. You get two with the regular Loc8tor and four with the “plus” edition. You can also buy additional tags separately.
And then this unit does the tracking:
After the straightforward process of registering each tags to the base unit, you’re ready to start tracking! Simply slide open the lid and press the gray button. Side note: one nice feature is the lack of an on/off button – it turns on when you press a button and turns itself off after being idle for a while.
Select from the list of registered tags and the unit will search for that tag. After a few seconds if the tag is in range you see bars on the screen and the beeping will start. Now begins the game of hot/cold – if you move closer to the tag the beeps will get faster and higher pitched and the bars on the screen will get longer, and the opposite happens if you move further away. So you need to try moving in different directions to determine how the signal strength varies. It takes a bit of practice but it works fairly well.
The range is listed as 183m with clear line of sight, but this is reduced quite significantly by windows and walls etc. Nevertheless this is an excellent gadget which has proved useful in finding our four wayward cats!
